Lisa S. Truax

Born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin / Works in Pickwick, Minnesota

BIO

Lisa S. Truax was born and grew up in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. She attended college at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and received degrees in studio art and graphic design. After working in design for five years, she returned to school and received her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Michigan State University in 2009. She currently lives in Winona, Minnesota, teaches as an associate professor at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, and maintains a studio in Pickwick, Minnesota.

We think of nature as untouched and wild, and not something controlled or created by humans. Through my work I attempt to create a sense of connection to nature in the viewer, utilizing materials collected in specific places along with topographical mapping, drawing connection to place and experience. Natural places can have positive effects on our well being, many of which we may not yet understand, and the effects of created nature may have the same effects as the real.